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In this practical and accessible guide, Geraldine Humphrey and David Zimpfer takes readers step-by-step through the counselling skills they need to work with their clients in a way which sensitively facilitates the process of grief.

Loss and grief in life --
Assessment strategies --
Grief counselling and grief resolution --
Family grief --
Group counselling --
Children and grief --
Anticipatory grief --
Special issues --
When grief is not resolved --
Appendix: Resources on dying, death and grieving.

Abstract:

Serves as a guide for professionals who work with people experiencing bereavement through death and other forms of loss. Focusing on practical assessment and intervention strategies, this book guides readers through the theory and skills needed to work with clients in a way which initiates healing and promotes a sense of growth.Read more...

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"'The book provides an absorbing and challenging journey through the possible process involved in bereavement work, and encourages one to think broadly about how one can approach a bereaved person... this was a book I enjoyed reading very much, and which I found both theoretically sound and practically helpful' - Bereavement Care (Cruse)"Read more...